Remarks on diet in the treatment of the sick and convalescent according to the method of reason and common sense / by W.W.V.

  • Valk, W. W.
Date:
1843
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Credit: Remarks on diet in the treatment of the sick and convalescent according to the method of reason and common sense / by W.W.V. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    not too soon return to the use of animal food, or venture too early to exposure to cold and night air. Flannel should, by all means, be worn next the skin, whether it be summer or winter, for two or three months after the disease has disappeared. Scarlet Fever is very often followed by dropsical symptoms, and, although we may not be able to remove these in every instance by a careful attention to diet and regimen, still, the effort should be made with diligence and proper caution. Nor should it be forgotten in these cases, that the bowels require our particular care, and that the slightest deviation from their nutural action, ought to be immediately communicated to the physician. After Small Pox, particularly if it has been severe and of the confluent variety, the unsuspected seeds of Scrofula may make their appearance and be brought into full activity. This will most assuredly be the case, if there exists any hereditary predisposition in the constitution; and we shall then have swelled glands, ulcers, and abscesses. These all demand the attention of the physician or surgeon. Such consequences may, however, be avoided in a majority of instances, by a judicious diet, and change of air, as soon as the patient's strength will justify a removal. Milk, poultry, and Mutton, plainly cooked, will afford a diet free from stimulating properties and sufficiently nutritive for the period of convalescence. It sometimes happens, after an attack of Small Pox that we may have to contend with the Erysipelas, or St. Anthony's Fire. This affection is, in many cases very severe, and must not be left to domestic treatment. Should it occur independent of any other disease the same attention is required to diet, etc., as in other eruptive fevers.